Calcium-Based Antacid Use

Evaluating Risk Factors: Calcium-Based Antacid Use

Evaluating your likely current (and near future) state of health means taking into account the risk factors — such as calcium-based antacid use — that affect you.
Our medical diagnosis tool, The Analyst™, identifies major risk factors by asking the right questions.

Have you used calcium-based antacids? Examples include Tums and Rennie.

Possible responses:

→ No / don't know
→ Minor use in the past only
→ Significant use in the past only
→ Currently using, for up to 6 months
→ Currently using, for more than 6 months

The Diagnostic Process

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate either past calcium-based antacid use or calcium-based antacid use, The Analyst™ will use differential diagnosis to consider possibilities such as: